Abdullah, S. M. A. and Islam, M. T. and Islam, S. Z. and Hossain, Iqbal and Samsuzzoha, M. and Hossain, M. D. and Latif, S. A. and Islam, F. M. A. (2010) Analysis of arsenic concentrations and correlation in water, soil and aurum by neutron activation analysis technique: a case study in Bagerhat, Bangladesh. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology , 85 (3). pp. 301-306. ISSN 0007-4861
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Official URL: http://www.springerlink.com/content/g54m81145vq1uvq3/
Identification Number or DOI: doi: 10.1007/s00128-010-0075-0
Abstract
Arsenic concentrations were measured in water, soil and arum (vegetables) samples using the Neutron Activation Analysis method and a correlation between arsenic concentrations in the samples was investigated. The case study at Bagerhat, Bangladesh revealed that almost all the water samples were contaminated by a hazardous level of arsenic that exceeding the World Health Organization recommended value of 0.05 mg/L for Bangladesh. Arsenic concentration of all the water samples ranged from 0.09 to 0.87 mg/L. The concentrations in soil and aurum samples were found to be in the range of 2.22–35.21 and 0.07–0.73 mg/kg, respectively. A positive correlation between arsenic concentrations in soil and water samples was observed. Aurum sample was found to be contaminated by arsenic to a harmful level if the corresponding water sample was also highly contaminated.
| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Additional Information: | Permanent restricted access to published version due to publisher copyright policy. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | arsenic; neutron activation analysis; aurum; same origin |
| Fields of Research (FOR2008): | 05 Environmental Sciences > 0503 Soil Sciences > 050304 Soil Chemistry (excl. Carbon Sequestration Science) 01 Mathematical Sciences > 0102 Applied Mathematics > 010202 Biological Mathematics 05 Environmental Sciences > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050206 Environmental Monitoring |
| Subjects: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Socio-Economic Objective (SEO2008): | D Environment > 96 Environment > 9606 Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation > 960699 Environmental and Natural Resource Evaluation not elsewhere classified |
| ID Code: | 20530 |
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| Deposited On: | 12 Jan 2012 11:57 |
| Last Modified: | 25 May 2012 09:29 |
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